Quantification of viable bacteria in wastewater treatment plants by using propidium monoazide combined with quantitative PCR (PMA-qPCR)

The detection of viable bacteria in wastewater treatment plants(WWTPs) is very important for public health, as WWTPs are a medium with a high potential for waterborne disease transmission. The aim of this study was to use propidium monoazide(PMA) combined with the quantitative polymerase chain reaction(PMA-qPCR) to selectively detect and quantify viable bacteria cells in full-scale WWTPs in China. PMA was added to the concentrated WWTP samples at a final concentration of 100 μmol/L and the samples were incubated in the dark for 5 min, and then lighted for 4 min prior to DNA extraction and qPCR with specific primers for Escherichia coli and Enterococci, respectively. The results showed that PMA treatment removed more than 99% of DNA from non-viable cells in all the WWTP samples, while matrices in sludge samples markedly reduced the effectiveness of PMA treatment. Compared to qPCR, PMA-qPCR results were similar and highly linearly correlated to those obtained by culture assay, indicating that DNA from non-viable cells present in WWTP samples can be eliminated by PMA treatment, and that PMA-qPCR is a reliable method for detection of viable bacteria in environmental samples. This study demonstrated that PMA-qPCR is a rapid and selective detection method for viable bacteria in WWTP samples, and that WWTPs have an obvious function in removing both viable and non-viable bacteria. The results proved that PMA-qPCR is a promising detection method that has a high potential for application as a complementary method to the standard culture-based method in the future.     

PCR技术检测故黄河TB和HP菌污染

ＰＣＲ技术能使极微量的致病细菌的致病基因或病源微生物基因在体外快速、特异扩增百万倍，从而极易判断。我们用此技术检测故黄河（徐州市区段）ＴＢ菌和ＨＰ菌的污染情况，具有特异、灵敏、快速的特点。     

空调冷却塔水与空气军团菌的PCR方法快速检测

应用 Enviro Amp PCR-反向杂交法(涉及 5S rRNA基因和 mip基因 )和半巢式 PCR(涉及 16S rRNA基因 )成功检测人工气溶胶化的军团菌 ,这些方法进一步用于检测空调系统冷却塔的水及由其产生的气溶胶中的军团菌 ,从空气样品中检测到军团菌属及嗜肺军团菌 .检测的冷却塔水样品 100%含军团菌属细菌 ,其中 41.6%含嗜肺军团菌 .2种方法相比 ,半巢式 PCR法更经济、方便 .     

65℃预处理提高蓝绿藻基因及毒素检测水平

比较了65℃温育法以及冻融法对蓝绿藻基因聚合酶链式反应(PCR)测定以及毒素酶联免疫吸附反应(ELISA)测定效率的差异.对培养的毒素分泌型的微囊藻细胞分别用两种方法预处理,做成10倍稀释系列梯度,以同样条件进行PCR扩增和ELISA毒素测定.结果表明,65℃温育法相比冻融法可分别提高ELISA和PCR测定效率不低于10倍和100倍;65℃温育法更适用于蓝绿藻细胞内物质的准确测定.     

水稻花药特异表达启动子的克隆与活性检测

植物雄性器官特异表达启动子的克隆是作物杂种优势利用分子育种的基础.根据水稻花药特异表达RA8基因序列设计引物,从水稻(Oryza sativa L.)品种日本晴中克隆得到水稻花药特异表达基因RA8启动子Tsp2,该启动子为RA8基因翻译起始位点上游828 bp的片段,具有启动子特征序列TATA盒TATAAATA和真核生物启动子特征序列CAAT框,与RA8启动子的核苷酸序列同源性为97%.利用该启动子与报告基因GFP构建植物表达载体p1304-rap,采用基因枪法转化烟草花药,通过GFP的瞬时表达证明该启动子具有花药特异启动子活性. 图5 参9     

荒漠绿洲土壤抗生素抗性基因分布特征及驱动机制

荒漠绿洲农田生态系统是干旱区环境下人类活动显著的复合生态系统.土壤微生物抗生素抗性与人类健康和生态平衡关系密切.研究荒漠绿洲环境不同土地利用类型模式下土壤抗生素抗性基因的多样性、分布特征和影响因素,对于评估干旱区土壤环境健康风险,促进绿洲农业生态的发展具有重要意义.采用高通量测序和高通量定量PCR技术对荒漠绿洲土壤微生物的群落结构和抗生素抗性基因多样性开展了研究,旨在探究干旱区土壤抗性基因的分布特征及其驱动机制.结果表明,从沙漠边缘到绿洲,荒漠沙生植物土壤、棉花地土壤、玉米地土壤、芦苇地土壤和湖泊沉积物中抗生素抗性的种类和丰度显著增加,与土地利用变化关系密切,农田土壤是抗性基因的重要存储库;荒漠绿洲土壤微生物群落与抗生素抗性基因显著相关,硫杆菌属(Thiobacillus)、沙漠细菌属(Pontibacter)、诺卡氏菌属(Nocardioides)、耐盐微杆菌属(Salinimicrobium)、土壤红杆菌属(Solirubrobacter)和链霉菌属(Streptomyces)等是各类抗性基因重要的潜在携带者;干旱区土壤中重(类)金属元素和可移动基因元件,与微生物群落共同塑造了抗生...     

连续流SNAD工艺处理猪场沼液启动过程中微生物种群演变及脱氮性能

为了实现合建式连续流同步部分亚硝化、厌氧氨氧化和反硝化SNAD(simultaneous partial nitrification,ANAMMOX,and denitrification)工艺处理实际猪场沼液,保持温度为(30±1)℃,控制溶解氧(DO)为(0.4±0.1)mg·L~(-1),首先通过逐步提高模拟进水氨氮浓度来实现SNAD工艺的启动,然后实现SNAD工艺处理实际猪场沼液的稳定运行.同时,采用高通量测序和实时定量PCR(qPCR)技术对反应器启动前后及沼液替换成功时关键生物种群进行分析.结果表明,150 d左右可实现SNAD工艺的启动, 298 d完成实际沼液的替换,其出水(NO~-_3-N+NO~-_2-N)/ΔNH~+_4-N小于0.11,对NH~+_4-N和TN的平均去除率为63.26%和55.71%.高通量测序结果表明,绿弯菌门(Chloroflexi,相对丰度50.78%)、变形菌门(Proteobacteria, 13.34%)、浮霉菌门(Planctomycetes, 9.26%)是沼液替换成功时污泥中的优势菌门;主要优势脱氮菌属Nitrosomonas的相对丰度由启动前1.55%增加到1.98%;两类具有厌氧氨氧化(ANAMMOX)功能菌Candidatus_Brocadia和Candidatus_Kuenenia的相对丰度分别从启动前0.01%和未检出(0.01%)增加到4.66%和4.18%;Denitratisoma作为主要的反硝化菌,丰度由启动前未检出(0.01%)增加到2.06%.qPCR结果表明,与接种污泥相比,沼液替换成功后AOB、ANAMMOX菌和反硝化菌的含量均有明显增加.将SNAD工艺用于实际猪场沼液处理,可实现高效稳定脱氮,节约后续处理成本.     

PCR—DGGE技术在废水生物处理中的应用研究

聚合酶链式反应一变形梯度凝胶电泳（PCR—DGGE）作为一种分子指纹图谱能够较准确地反应污水处理过程中微生物群落结构多样性及其动态变化而广泛应用于废水生物处理技术的研究中。PCR—DGGE技术不仅能对样品中微生物群落结构多样性及种群演替进行分析,还能用于污水处理中优势菌群的分离与鉴定,克服了传统方法费时费力、培养条件苛刻等局限性,进而运用该技术构建高效的污染物降解工程菌,提高难降解有机物的去除效率,调节实际工艺参数,提高污水处理效率。     

Absolute dominance of hydrogenotrophic methanogens in full-scale anaerobic sewage sludge digesters

Anaerobic digestion （AD） is gaining increasing attention due to the ability to covert organic pollutants into energy-rich biogas and, accordingly, growing interest is paid to the microbial ecology of AD systems. Despite extensive efforts, AD microbial ecology is still limitedly understood, especially due to the lack of quantitative information on the structures and dynamics of AD microbial communities. Such knowledge gap is particularly pronounced in sewage sludge AD processes although treating sewage sludge is among the major practical applications of AD. Therefore, we examined the microbial communities in three full-scale sewage sludge digesters using qualitative and quantitative molecular techniques in combination： denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis （DGGE） and real-time polymerase chain reaction （PCR）. Eight out of eleven bacterial sequences retrieved from the DGGE analysis were not affiliated to any known species while all eleven archaeal sequences were assigned to known methanogen species. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis revealed that, based on the 16S rRNA gene abundance, the hydrogenotrophic order Methanomicrobiales is the most dominant methanogen group （〉 94% of the total methanogen population） in all digesters. This corresponds well to the prevailing occurrence of the DGGE bands related to Methanolinea and Methanospirillum, both belonging to the order Methanomicrobiales, in all sludge samples. It is therefore suggested that hydrogenotrophic methanogens, especially Methanomicrobiales strains, are likely the major players responsible for biogas production in the digesters studied. Our observation is contrary to the conventional understanding that aceticlastic methanogens generally dominate methanogen communities in stable AD environments, suggesting the need for further studies on the dominance relationship in various AD systems.     

土壤环境中肠道致病菌的多重PCR检测研究初探

建立同时检测大肠杆菌、沙门氏菌、金黄色葡萄球菌、福氏志贺氏菌、铜绿假单胞菌等5种土壤常见肠道致病菌的多重PCR检测技术,为这些肠道致病菌感染的快速诊断提供实验依据.根据这些肠道病原菌的毒素基因、高度保守基因及特异性基因分别合成5对特异性引物,应用PCR扩增技术对目的菌株进行特异性检测.实验结果表明,5对寡核苷酸引物都具有较高的特异性和专一性,多重PCR检测限达到104cfu·g-1.多重PCR应用于土壤样品分析,极大的缩短了检测时间(仅需3～4h)、降低了检测成本,对控制病原菌的传播具有重要意义,可推广应用于环境监测、水源检测、食品卫生监督、商品检验检疫等领域.